Cabinet



July 25, 1939. P. o. UNGER Er AL CABINET l July 25, 1939.

P. o. `UNGER ET AL CABINET Filed May 18, 1956 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 f wm.

July 25, 1939- P. o. UNGER ET Al. 2,157,013

CABINET iled May 18, 1936 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 m Il July 25, 1939.

CABINET u Q m @UT WZ 6 j@ July 25, 1939.. P. o. UNGER Er AL CABINET 5shets-sheet 5 Filed May 18, 1936 Patented July 25, 1939 -KUNITED STATESCABINET Paul O. Unger, Glen Ellyn, and John Howard Talmage, Chicago,Ill., assignors tc Wilson- Jones Company, Chicago, Ill., a corporationof Massachusetts Application May 18, 1936, Serial No. 80,398

12 Claims.

This invention relates to a cabinet adapted to house a plurality ofbooks so as to protect them when they are not in use, and to make themeasily accessible for use. f

It is an object of this invention to provide a book support with hingemeans to permit a book supportedV thereby to be moved out of the way ofa book supported on an adjacent support to permit any book to be openedwhile adjacent books are exposed on top of the cabinet. It is a furtherobject of this invention to provide means for retaining the book supportagainst accidental displacement in any position. Other objects of thisinvention will become apparent L1 upon reading the followingdescription, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, inwhich:

Figure l is a perspective view of a cabinet embodying the invention;

Figure 2 is a fragmentary sectional view showing a plurality of booksupports;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary detail view of a book support showing themeans for preventing accidental displacement of a book support turned toa move a binder supported thereby out of the way of a binder supportedon an adjacent book support;

Figure 4 is a cross sectional View of a book support;

Figure 5 is a fragmentary plan view of tWo adjacent book supports;

Figure 6 is a longitudinal sectional view of a book support holding abook in concealed position;

Figure 7 is Aa longitudinal sectional view of a book support holding abook in exposed position; and

Figure 8 is a plan View of a book support in distended position.

In the drawings, the reference numeral 2 indicates a base membercomprising a pair of side members 3 reinforced in any desired manner andtied together by channel members 4 and 5. The base member is providedwith a plurality of casters 8. A cabinet 1 is pivotally supported on thesides 3 by means of trunnions t. The cabinet is provided With latchmechanism 9 to help control the pivotal movement of the cabinet. Thecabinet is provided with a cover member Ill.

A plurality of longitudinally extending bars II divides the top of thecabinet into a plurality of longitudinally extending compartments ofequal area, with each compartment of a size suit- ;,g'sj able to receiveone book. Each bar I I is notched, as indicated at I2, to provide a pairof aligned bearings in each compartment. A sliding plate I3 secured toeach bar I I is .adapted to cover the bearings I2 to prevent accidentaldisplacement el) of the book support. Each compartment is provided nearits front edge with a shock absorbing member I4. Each bar I I isprovided with a slidable latching pin I 5 near its front edge having aspring I5 urging the pin rearwardly.

The structure of the cabinet hereinabove described broadly is aduplicate of the cabinet structure described specifically in thecopending application of Paul O. Unger filed April 17, 1936 under SerialNo. 74,918, and will not be described in detail in this application. Allof the book supports are alike', and, therefore, only one need bedescribed.

The book support I1 includes a plate member I8 having a pair ofdepending flanges I9 and 20. The book support is reinforced by a widechannel shaped member 2| having flanges 22. A shaft extends transverselyof the book support and passes through the anges I9 and 20 and the sides22 oi the reinforcing member 2l. 'I'he shaft 23 is rigidly secured tothe iianges I3, 25 and 22, and the projecting ends 24 of the shaft serveas trunnions to pivotaily support the book support in the bearings I2 sothat the book support may be rotated through a vertical angle of 180degrees to expose a book or to conceal it within the cabinet.

A plate member 25 is hinged to one longitudinal edge of the plate memberI8, as indicated at 26, and .another plate member 21 is hinged to theopposite edge of the member 25, as indicated at 28. Y The plate member21 is provided vvith a iixed transverse bracket 29 adjacent one end anda pivoted transverse'bracket 30 adjacent its other end. A latchmechanism 3l serves to hold the bracket 29 in book supporting position.The plates I8 and 25 are provided with suitably shaped cut out portions3|l to provide clearance for the latch mechanism 3I. Each bracket isprovided with a pair of apertures v 32, 33 which are adapted to receivestuds 34 projecting from the ends of the binder or book 35 to besupported. As shown in Figure 3, the hinge 2E permits the booksupport tobe moved in one direction, and the hinge 28 permits movements in theopposite direction, to facilitate ref'- erence to .a book supported oneither side of the book to be moved out of the way.

When the book support is pivoted on the hinge 26 a pair of hook shapedmembers 36 project through notches 31 in the flange 38 which extendsalong one edge of the plate 21. A wire 39 is secured to the plate 21adjacent the flange 38 and engages the hooks 35 to prevent accidentaldisplacement of the book.

The plate 21 is provided on its underside with a plurality of studs 40adapted to pass through apertures 4I and 42 inthe plates 25 and I8 whenVthe plates are super-imposed on each other. A locking bar 43 is slidablysecured to the underside of the plate I8 by means of a plurality ofstuds 44 which are fixed to the plate I8 and pass through slots 45 inthe bar. The bar 43 is provided with a projection or embossment 46adapted to cooperate with a pair of apertures 4'I in the plate member I8 to hold the locking bar in either locked or open position. The lockingbar is pro-v vided With a plurality of key hole apertures 48j adapted toreceive the studs When the bar is in open position, and to preventremoval of the studs when the bar is in locked position. Accordingly, itwill be seen that the locking bar 43 must be moved to open.positionbefore the book support can be pivoted on eitherrhinge 26 or28.

The lock bar 43 is provided with an extension 49 having its end curled,as indicated-at 50, tok

provide a nger grip to facilitate movement of the bar to and from lockedposition. As shown in Figure 5, the extension 49 overlies the latchingpin I5 when the locking bar is in open position so that the pin yI5cannot be released to allow rotation of the book support until the bar43 is moved to locked position. This arrangement prevents accidentaldisplacement of the book when the book support is in book concealingposition.

. From the foregoing it will be seen that we have designed a simple andefficient book support which may be turned out of the way of an adjacentsupport without danger of accidently displacing the book supportedthereon. Although We have described a preferred embodiment of theinvention in detail, it will be understood that lthe description isillustrative, rather than restrictive, as many details may be modifiedor changed without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention.Accordingly, we do not desire to be restricted to the exact constructiondescribed, except as limited by the appended claims. We claim:

1 'A cabinet, a plurality of book supports pivn otally mounted in saidcabinet in side by side relationship and adapted to be swung intoposition for use in a common plane,l and hinge means on each of saidsupports to permit pivotal movement of said supports in a clockwise orcounter-clockwise direction.

2. A book support including double acting hinge means at oppositelongitudinal edges of said book support to permit pivotal movement ofsaidsupport in clockwise or counter-clockwise direction, and means toprevent accidental displacement of a book supported on said booksupport. V

3. A book support having a hinge at each longitudinal edge to permitpivotal movement in either clockwise or counter-clockwise direction, ahook shaped member adjacent one of said hinges, a slotV in one Wall ofsaid support and a Wire adjacent 4. A book support including pivot meansfor Y permitting rotation of said support in a verticalplane,.latchingmeans-for preventing said rotation, hinge means forpermitting pivotal movementY of said support in either clockwise orcounter-clockwise direction, locking means for preventing saidlast-mentioned pivotal movement, and vmeans for preventing access tosaid latching means when said locking means is in open position. -f er5. A/cabinet, means for pivotally mounting a booksupport to conceal abook within said cabinet or to expose it on top of said cabinet, hingemeans for permitting pivotal movement along a longitudinal edge of saidsupport, and means for retaining said support against said lastmentioned pivotal movementwhen said book support is in book concealingposition.

6. A book support including pivot means for permitting Yrotation of saidsupport in a vertical plane, latching means for preventing saidrotation, hinge means for permitting pivotal move-r ment of said supportin either clockwise or counter-clockwise direction and means includingalocking bar adapted to prevent said last mentioned pivotal movement,said locking bar including means to prevent access to said-latchingmeans when said locking bar is in unlocking position.

7. A book support including a book supporting plate member, a middleplate member and a base plate member, said middle plate member beinghinged at one longitudinal edge to said book supporting plate member andat its other longitudinal edge to the base plate member, and meansadapted to prevent separation of said book supporting plate member andsaid middle plate member when said book support is pivotally moved onthe hinge connecting said middle plate member to said base plate member.y

8. A cabinet, a book support comprising a plurality of hinged platespivotally mounted to conceala book or to expose it on top of saidcabinet, a stud secured to one of said hinged plates and passing throughapertures in said other hinged plates when said hinged plates aresuperimposed, and a locking bar adapted to engage said stud to preventaccidental distention oi said'hinged plates. f

9. A cabinet, a plurality of bearings in said cabinet, a plurality ofbook supports each provided with a pair of trunnions pivotallysupporting said book supports in said bearings in side by siderelationship, and hinge means on each of said booksupports, permittingpivotal movement of said book supports at right angles to the pivotalmovement permitted by said trunnions and bearings.

Y 10. A cabinet, a book support pivotally mounted in said cabinet torotate in a vertical plane, latching means to retain said supportagainst rotation, and a bar slidably mounted on said support and adaptedto overlie said latchingvmeans to prevent access to said latching means.

Vll. In a cabinet, a plurality of book supports in side by siderelationship,'each of said book supports including pivot means forpermitting rotation of said support in a vertical plane, hinge means forpermitting clockwise or counter-clockwise pivotal movement of saidsupport, and means to prevent accidental rotation of said support in avertical plane when said support is pivotally moved 'on said hingemeans.

l2. In a cabinet, a plurality of book supports in side by siderelationship, each of said book supports including pivot means forpermittingrotation of said support in a vertical plane, latching meansfor preventing said rotation, hinge means for permitting pivotalmovement of said support in either clockwise or counter-clockwisedirection, and locking means for preventing said last mentioned pivotalmovement. f

PAUL o. UNGER. JOHN HOWARD TALMAGE.

